**Google Chrome OS **β Launched
It is provided as a virtual machine, making it painless to try without dedicating equipment. The beta is provided two ways, as a VMware virtual machine (VMDK disk format) or a Sun VirtualBox virtual machine (VDI format). After downloading the appropriate image from Gadget, it can be quite easy to get started. There are plenty of discussions on how to fix common areas on the Gadget site as well.
Gadget site
Download Google Chrome OS from here:
http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/download/